Presbycusis

Question 1

What?

Answer 1

Age- related hearing loss

Degenerative disease of cochlea

Question 2

This is the most common cause of deafness true or false?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When is this typically seen?

Answer 3

Old age

Question 4

What can this be due to?

Answer 4

Loss of outer hair cells (sensory)
Loss of ganglion cells (neural) Strial atrophy (metabolic)
Mixed picture

Question 5

Clinical features?

Answer 5

Hearing loss is gradual and higher frequencies are most affected

Question 6

Management?

Answer 6

High frequency- specific hearing aid